Abigail TILTON

1679 - 1727  (48 years)

• Birth	1 Apr 1679	Ipswich, Essex, MA   [1, 2]
  Note	25 Dec 1711  [1]
  	"December 25, 1711, Abigail Fillmore of Beverly, widow, personally appearing in court, confess herself guilty of ye crime of fornication and charged Timothy Cunningham of Boston, coaster, of being ye father of ye child unlawfully begotten of her body, and made oath of same. Its considered that she pay a fine of ____(no sum mentioned) and costs and stand committed till performed." (Beverly Historical Records) "This child, a daughter, was named Ruth Fillmore. It is quite possible that Timothy Cunningham, coaster, was an acquaintance, perhaps a former companion or friend, of John, the Mariner. He may have come to extend his sympathy and offer his help to Abigail. Perhaps he came too often and stayed too late. There is nothing to indicate that Abigail was a promiscuous woman. Despite the unfortunate incident it is apparent that her eldest son, John, held her in high esteem, as did also, her mother, Deliverance (Shaw) Tilton." "By her will, made 9 November 1730 and proved 2 July 1733, Deliverance Tilton left to her three sons, 5 s. apiece. To the three sons of son-in-law Robert Bell, deceased, 5 s. apiece. To her daughter, Sarah, 10 pounds. To John and Ebenezer Philmore and Ruth Kennison, children of my daughter, Abigail, deceased, 10 pounds each." (Taken from Essex Probate, 319, 393) "Apparently Abigail did not stand condemned indefinitely in the eyes of all. On 7 November 1717, she married Dr. Robert Bell, a physician and widower, who had come from Scotland to Ipswich. The Bells removed to Norwich, Conn., about 1720. Dr. Bell is listed among the physicians of Norwich, and is referred to as, "the father-in-law of Captain John Fillmore." (A different use of the term from that in present day practice.)" (Information from History of Norwich, Connecticut, by Francis Manwaring Caulkins, pp 224, 634) "Abigail (Tilton) Fillmore-Bell, twice married, twice widowed, the mother of three children by each husband, and mother of a child of 'sorrow' rather than of 'love' entered eternal rest at the age of 48 years 6 months." All from Fillmore, "So Soon Forgotten, Three Thousand Fillmores"
  Residence	1720	Norwich, New London, CT   [1]
  Death	13 Nov 1727  [1, 2, 3]

  
  

  Father	Abraham TILTON,   b. Abt 1640   d. 28 Mar 1728 (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Deliverance SHAW,   b. Abt 1647, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. Abt 1732 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John FILLMORE,   b. Abt 1676, Manchester, Lancaster, ENGLAND d. Abt 1710 (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1701	Ipswich, Essex, MA   [2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. John FILLMORE,   b. 18 Mar 1702, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 22 Feb 1777, Norwich, New London, CT (Age 74 years)   2. Ebenezer FILLMORE,   c. 21 Jul 1706, Wenham, Essex, MA   3. Abigail FILLMORE,   c. 1 Aug 1708, Wenham, Essex, MA d. 21 Aug 1728, Woodstock, Windham, CT (Age ~ 20 years)
  Family ID	F439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Timothy CUNNINGHAM
  Children	1. Ruth FILLMORE,   b. Abt Dec 1711
  Family ID	F6521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Dr. Dr. Robert BELL   d. 23 Aug 1727
  Marriage	7 Nov 1717  [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Samuel BELL,   b. 1719, Ipswich, Essex, MA   2. Benjamin BELL,   b. Norwich, New London, CT   3. Deliverance BELL,   b. Norwich, New London, CT
  Family ID	F875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Apr 1679 - Ipswich, Essex, MA Marriage - 19 Jun 1701 - Ipswich, Essex, MA Residence - 1720 - Norwich, New London, CT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] Fillmore, Charles L., So Soon Forgotten, (Damen Inc., Printer, Rutland, Vermont, 1984), 129. [S152] Tilton, Francis Theodore, Tilton Family, (Self published, Clifton, NJ, 1927 to 1929), 152. [S128] Woodward MD, Ashbel, Connecticut Families, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland), Vol. I, page 594, 128. [S127] Burke's Presidential Families, (Burke's Peerage, London, 1975), 127.